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No 4: 1 reportable incident Coal

Controlled by Kiser Jimmy
Allen, Floyd County, KY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1516360

No 4 has had no fatalities among 1 reportable incident since 1988.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1988
Latest incident
Sep 1988
Ownership history
  1. Kiser Brothers Coal Company Inc 1988 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
ⓘ Coal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
Year Employees Coal produced (tons)
1988 12 14,618
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

No 4 sits in Floyd County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 4.4% of county employment.

Local economic context
ⓘ County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Floyd County, Kentucky · Population 35,342
4.4%
Mining share of county employment
$41,582
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1988 · 1 incident

September 6, 1988 KY · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kiser Brothers Coal Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MINER A WAS HOLDING AUGER SHAFT OF THE BUG DUSTER ON CUTTING MACHINE IN PLACE SO IT COULD BE SLIDE IN PLACE IN A CYLINDER WHICH IT GOES MINER B WHICH WAS HELPING REPAIR PULLED THE SHAFT THR OUGH THE CYLINDER MINER A FINGERS WERE CAUGHT BETWEEN AUGER SHAFT AND CYCLINDER WHICH CUT TO FIRST JOINT ON LITTLE FINGER OF LEFT HAND OFF AND RING FINGER WAS CUT ALSO